Ghana seen producing 350,000 b/d in 2018

Oil production in Ghana, growth of which slowed this year because of technical problems at giant offshore Jubilee field, will reach 350,000 b/d in 2018, predict researchers at the French investment management firm Natixis. Source: News

China’s shale gas production outperforms expectations

Sinopec Ltd. reported that Fuling shale gas field in southwestern China produced a cumulative 3.76 billion cu m of gas from January to September. The 107% increase in production was accompanied by additional processing capacity of 5.5-6.5 bcm, the company said. In 2014, Sinopec announced plans to bring production capacity to 10 bcm/year by 2017. […]

Keep Alaska, Gulf of Mexico sales in next 5-year OCS plan, groups say

Oil and gas lease sales in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, the central and western Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the eastern gulf should remain in the 2017-22 US Outer Continental Shelf management plan, three national groups representing businesses, manufacturers, and energy consumers jointly said in a Nov. 3 letter to US President Barack […]

UKCS experiencing sustained production efficiency, regulator says

The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has experienced sustained production efficiency (PE) compared with 2012 statistics, which marked a PE low point, the Oil and Gas Authority said in a report, UKCS Production Efficiency, that analyzed 2015 statistics. Source: News

Better methane leak measurements needed, federal officials maintain

Two federal officials said that their agencies would like to see higher quality methane emission measurements developed to produce better data. This would help them develop more effective and workable regulations, they explained on Nov. 2 in separate remarks during the Gas Technology Institute’s 2016 Methane Emissions Conference in Alexandria, Va. Source: News